The "Gift Accountability, Reporting, and Disclosures Act" or "GARD Act" aims to amend existing U.S. law (section 7342 of title 5, United States Code) to enhance the transparency and accountability of receiving foreign gifts and decorations by federal employees. It requires federal agencies to...
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The "Gift Accountability, Reporting, and Disclosures Act" is a plan to make sure people working for the U.S. government tell everyone about presents they get from other countries, and if they're late telling, they might have to pay a $200 fine. It also wants to make it easy for anyone to see the list of these gifts, but some parts of the plan aren't very clear on how it should be done.